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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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